scb7620

scb7620 has 3 years experience and specializes in PICU/NICU.

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1. Questions about NYP Weill Cornell, especially PICU

   scb7620 replied to scb7620's topic in New York

   Please feel free to PM me- I can answer these in detail for you. :)

2. Pediatric Nursing in NYC?

   scb7620 replied to excessively_diverted's topic in New York

   I actually relocated from Texas to NYC in February and had a couple job offers (NICU/PICU). PM me if you have specific questions! :)

3. Okay, need some help here...

   scb7620 replied to carolinapooh's topic in NICU

   Be prepared to deal with a lot of family teaching- I know you probably dealt with family issues on the adult side as well, but families who are in the NICU are often scared out of their minds (even if the baby is there for something simple, it is ver...

4. Questions about NYP Weill Cornell, especially PICU

   scb7620 posted a topic in New York

   Hi all, I am in the process of interviewing for a PICU position at NYP's Weill Cornell campus and have some questions for those who work there/have worked there as I can't find any recent threads on the topic. 1) What are holiday shift/weekend shift ...

5. NYP- Advice!

   scb7620 replied to scb7620's topic in New York

   I got an interview applying through their website. I have 1.5+ years experience in a high acuity Level IIIC NICU. Thanks for the response!

6. NYP- Advice!

   scb7620 posted a topic in New York

   Hi all, I am interviewing at NYP soon and I have a couple questions for you all that currently work there- What are the weekend requirements like? Is the closest subway station in an area where I could walk after dark to the hospital by myself? Is i...

7. Business is BOOMIN'

   scb7620 replied to TeenyTinyBabyRN's topic in NICU

   We have been slow in recent months but are seeing a boom too! Especially with high acuity kiddos.

8. FL to TX move

   scb7620 replied to TonyaM73's topic in Texas

   The Medical Center itself is great for ICUs, but there are plenty of outlying branches of their hospitals that also have great units- just depends on how far you want to commute and where you end up deciding you want to live. UTMB in Galveston is go...

9. A day in the life of an Air Force flight nurse

   scb7620 replied to nurse2033's topic in Government

   Loved reading this- thanks for sharing!

10. Cleaning question

    scb7620 replied to sarapRN's topic in NICU

    Housekeeping cleans our bedspaces, and our techs clean the isolettes/cribs. We change our isolettes/cribs out every 30 days. Honestly, we have discussed bedside nurses cleaning bedspaces in the recent weeks- I feel that we are a lot more protective...

11. FL to TX move

    scb7620 replied to TonyaM73's topic in Texas

    What type of unit are you looking to work on? That may factor in which hospitals are the "best" to work for. I agree with the previous poster about finding out where you want to work first and basing your home search on that- there are lots of grea...

12. Transport

    scb7620 replied to babyRN0404's topic in NICU

    We have a specially trained transport team on our unit that were former bedside RNs- they no longer do bedside care and only work as our transport nurses now.

13. Pretty bad at starting IV's

    scb7620 replied to NurseJessie2's topic in New Nurse

    Keep trying! I still struggle too, but if my podmates have patients who need IVs, I always ask if I can help to gain more experience. Practice makes perfect. :)

14. Working nights....tips anyone?

    scb7620 replied to gracecase's topic in Technicians

    I always take a nap before my first shift. If you can work them in a row it helps too. When I get home I have a routine and try not to do things like watch TV, etc. that may wake me up. I sleep with a fan for white noise and keep my room dark. Me...

15. Curious about catheters

    scb7620 replied to ConstantlyEvolving's topic in General Students

    I got lucky and my first catheter was in the OR with a patient who was already asleep for surgery. I work in the NICU now though, and it's incredibly frustrating sometimes to try to cath itty-bitty girl babies! It's also hard to try to maintain the...